<p>I'm visiting Yale mid-November (I think either Thursday 11/11 or Saturday 11/13) and I've already fallen in love with the school through brochures, websites, and info sessions. Now I'm visiting the campus for real (a little late :) though I've been eyeing Yale since..forever) and I was wondering what are some places that I should really visit or see to get a feel for the campus? i.e. restaurants, intramural activities, hangout places, specific classes to sit in on. </p>
<p>Any input would be appreciated as I want to make the most out of my visit there :) Thank you!</p>
<p>I assume you’ll take a tour so they’ll take you to the biggest spots on campus. Just take a stroll by yourself (or with your parents) around campus and get a feel for what it’s like. That’s the most important part.</p>
<p>I won’t be staying overnight Do you think it’s really worth it? I feel bad leaving my dad alone at a hotel </p>
<p>About sitting in on classes - should I e-mail the professor beforehand and notify them that I’m coming? I know it’s better to do that for smaller seminars and such but I can’t seem to find the class sizes or type of class anywhere…</p>
<p>I would email the professor before it if is a seminar, but you don’t need to for a lecture. If you go to the course catalogue online, if it says permission of instructor required it is probably a seminar. If it doesn’t it is probably a lecture. In general, most intro classes will probably be lectures unless you see multiple sections of the same class being offered (like english, music theory, languages, and some others). If your not sure, I don’t think it could hurt to email the professor anyway, and you may want to if it is the type of class that has tests rather than papers since you wouldn’t want to visit on the day of a test. </p>
<p>I think you should definitely try to talk to some students, maybe if you are visiting a class get there a bit early to talk to someone. I don’t think it is necessary to stay overnight in someone’s dorm, but it is easier to get a sense of the school if you do more than just the tour and info session (most start to feel exactly the same after a while)</p>
<p>For Kagan’s class you can walk right in. I’m taking that, and there’s well over 100 kids in there. You will absolutely love it.</p>
<p>We have a paper due on the 17th, or near there, but no tests in November, so you’re good to go.</p>
<p>Intro to Political Philosophy with Steven Smith is also very good and a lecture class. Go to yale.edu/oci and see some courses you might be interested in.</p>
Do you think it’s really worth it? I feel bad leaving my dad alone at a hotel 
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